Multiplication Strategies Which strategies work, which ones don't.  Find out what teachers say!  If you are like most teachers, you have tried many of these methods or combinations of these methods. Read more about each by clicking on the strategy.    Rote Memory - The most commonly used method for teaching the times tables.  It is also the least effective for most students! Music - Rap, rock, and roll  your way to the times tables.   Rhyming - Roses are red, violets are blue, I learned the times tables, why can't you. Pictures - Check out this strategy.  According to teachers that have used this method, it works well. Tricks and Games that make teaching the times tables fun! Our Method Memorize in Minutes: The Times Tables presents each multiplication fact using the three basic modalities. Each lesson uses pictures for the visual learner. Stories are used to help the auditory learner. The lesson ends with an activity for the kinesthetic learner who learns by moving, doing, and touching. When you use the pictures and stories in Memorize in Minutes, the Times Tables, it is as easy for a student to remember 2 x 2 as it is for them to remember 7 x 8. Each fact just uses different pictures. Sounds Interesting... Tell me more Where can I buy the book?